(news reporter)"..of a hiker from the trail
known as Pali notches" I swear the ridge is like less than 2 feet wide
over here
which is undoubtedly the sketchiest hike I have ever
attempted and along with having some ridiculous views, this place has a really
cool history as well. So back in the 18th century, the first ever Kingdom of Hawaii
was created by this king called King Kamehameha. So this guy was already ruling
over Big Island and the surrounding territories and he moved to take over the
islands of Maui and Oahu and the very last battle for the unification of the
Kingdom of Hawaii.
Happened in Oahu in this area where the Pali notches
is and these notches were originally built by the locals for putting cannons in
there to protect, the island from Kamehameha and that (Kamehameha's) army forced these Oahu soldiers to march to their
deaths or fall off the cliffs. The
sketchiest part about this hike is that wasn't the end of people dying
there A lot of hikers in recent years
have gone on that hike, slipped and fallen to their deaths because at some
points this hike is basically a ridge that's two to three feet wide and on both
sides there's like 3,000 feet drop-offs, so if you fall, your chances of
surviving that are actually pretty slim.
So I've been scared sh**less ever since I signed up
for this, I actually called up my mom yesterday and told her that, "hey
mom look I'm going on this hike. But if I die I want you to know that I died
happy". But in case I do die there is definitely something I need to do
first Can I get the chocolate and the French vanilla, small shave-ice?
okay so Shave Ice is a special Hawaiian food which
is I guess just shaved ice with flavored things on it Tastes kind of nice. I
guess it's just flavored water. I think I'm ready for the hike finally but there's
one last thing I need to do okay so that went on for 15 weeks too long, that's
rain. oh really?
we're gonna be like.. wet wet
rock! rock! rock! You alright?
yeah yeah
need to be ready for that
After a very sketchy ascent with dislodging mini
rocks, we are the first notch. I'm making it sound more dramatic than it is but
it is kinda sketchy this is definitely the sketchiest hike I've ever done. Oh
yeah? Yeah Is this the second notch?
Okay this one's definitely deeper yeah that's the thing, I think somepeople
just go down this way. If I was a rock climber I just go down this. This is ..
like what I saw in the pictures. They were like, "Some people go down this
way" but like the guy who wrote the article was like, "one time right
to jump seven foot at the end". Because they couldn't find a hold, but the
other way, like the rope it's like if you fu** up, I think you fall, like off
the ridge.
Right we are in the second notch. Now for the last
bit of the ridge.This is really windy I swear the ridge is like less than 2
feet wide over here pretty sketchy, Oh rain! Yeah let's get a.. let's get a
quicker pace going. Okay I don't wanna be hiking back in the rain Okay but
we're so close fu** it. Let's just finish the hike. You wanna go all the way?
Yeah. I might stay here then, you want
to leave the backpack?
Probably yeah?
If you do it, don't go with the bag because that's like, it'll throw you off your balance but.. You're
staying? I'm staying yeah. I'll stay too then. Are you sure? Yeah. Okay We are
ending our hike right here with the chimney in the background, because I wimped
out. it's drizzling a little bit I don't want to like go back in the rain
Okay time to head back down,It is raining ,This
doesn't look as bad as it did on the way up,It is clearly pouring out there.
Glad we got out of there before it started raining (too hard)
All right so I think I'm down and safe and almost at
the car. Tyler ran ahead cuz he was worried that the car wasn't locked and he wanted
to check but I still wanted to film an outro shot. That was definitely the
sketchiest hike. I've ever done Beats the Crouching lion by a mile and we
turned around at the end, but I'm glad we did cuz it looked like it was raining
back there right after we left. So I'm proud of myself for not doing the really
dumb thing for once. By the way I'm at the Pali lookout point which is at the bottom
of the hike,
so if you want to see the views without doing a
sketchy hike,this is where you want to come and stop But yeah. That's it for this POST. I think we're gonna
go celebrate, eat some food or drink or something and I'll probably be doing a
lot more fun, beautiful hikes, so subscribe if you want to see more of that.
I'll catch you guys on the next one Alright so Foodland..
The chicken wings, you can always get. The mashed
potatoes, not everyone has
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